THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Jodi Gomes, Respondent,

v.

APAC-Georgia, Inc. and South Carolina Department of Transportation, Defendants,

of whom APAC-Georgia, Inc. is the Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County
 Rodney A. Peeples, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2004-MO-065
Submitted October 26, 2004 – Filed November 15, 2004

AFFIRMED

Robert L. Widener, Celeste T. Jones, and A. Victor Rawl, Jr., all of the McNair Law Firm, P.A., of Columbia; and Peter P. Murnaghan, of Murnaghan & Ferguson, P.A., of Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.

Terry E. Richardson, Jr., and Daniel S. Haltiwanger, both of Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman, L.L.C., of Barnwell, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: Dorrell v. S.C. Dep’t of Transp., Op. No. 25875 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed September 27, 2004) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 37 at 25).

AFFIRMED.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.